Chapter 5
Founding out of Chaos, under patria
Colonies weren't culturally homogeneous 
British Legal Abuses
Closed Western Settlement
Navigation Acts with ridiculous search warrants.
Revoked right of jury trial (People would never convict)
Americans became paranoid that the corrupt government wanted it in for them.
George Washington
Tea Act
Dump Cheap British Tea on the Market - (Boston Tea Party)
British Locked down Boston to make an example out of them
Made Colonies unite politically (Committees of Correspondence)
Patrick Henry "Give me Liberty of Death" - Galvanized local leaders
Colonies ignored British-Appointed Governors
About half didn't care who governed them
Other half were patriots and Tories
Continental Congress had to figure out what they wanted
Free People create free societies, vice versa
Had to have a make-do agreement of unity
Idea of Nationhood - declaration of independence
Designed to get favor of neutrals like French
Written My Jefferson - draws heavily from Second Treatise of Government
The 5 key ideas
All created Equal, no ruling class
All had irrevocable natural rights, not given my government
Purpose of gov to protect rights
Gov only legitimized by consent of governed
The War Unified them as Americans
Loss of life, not too bad
Physical destruction catastrophic
Common Sense and American Crisis
Convinced many fence sitters, Monarch is archeic, no British authority. Was absurd.
BunkerHill was a win for spirit
Brooklyn Heights, White Plains, Germantown, Brandywine, bad losses. Victory not easy.
Rebels suffered from lack of supplies
British weren't sure what their objective was. Conquer, pacify, intimidate?
Made British look weak and indecisive
British Treated everyone bad.
People were driving to join a side.
Local Militias were a huge element of success
Near the end of the war, British support was really low. Left or suppressed by supporters
A virtue man
Hard to grow in the British System
Virginia House of Burgesses in 1759
Was chosen because he was a southerner, a token of unity.
Learned from Mistakes, better sense of strategy than British
Christmas attack on Hudson and Hessian guard boosted Moral
Battle of Saratoga convinced French to join
Cornwallis surrendered at YorkTown - ending the war.